Fish for Frag Tank

[arotbart]

Just finished plumbing my Frag Tank into my 180 system....its a 30 Breeder....Set it up with t-5....need to put the egg crates in later today/tomorrow, and I want to through some 'worker' fish in there....mainly going to keep SPS, some chalice too...all suggestions are welcomed...Frag Tank is bare bottom....

 

[el richie]

hmmm, maybe a yellow coris wrasse for any pests and something for algae control like a couple of snails or a really really really small scopas

 

[arotbart]

yellow coris is on my list for sure......want a tang that won't feel too crowded in a 30...a small Tomini or Hawian Yellow Stripped???

 

[el richie]

Or a seahare

 

[yoshii]

yellow coris needs to burry itself in the sand to sleep at night, but you could try other wrasses
you could also put in some algae eating fish, or small snails (they can knock stuff over tho)

 

[btkrausen]

Six-line wrasse will keep it bug free, but it'll probably have to be the only fish as they are a bit aggressive.

 

[Ninjapotamus]

wrasses are hit and miss.... snails dont go over frag racks very well and will just stay on the glass most of the time. you need a fish for algae control. a small yellow tang is ideal if your tank is big enough.

 

[NaplesAquatics]

All tangs will get too big eventually. A scribbled rabbit fish might be okay. Lawnmower blenny works but I never had luck with one and algae. If you don't have LPS you could do a dwarf angel, lemonpeels are usually pretty good at algae. But they'll nip at corals, especially LPS.

Jeff

 

[Airplanes]

Putting any tang no matter on the purshase size in a 30 gallon is a BAD idea, Just simply cruel.
As far as a seahare goes, In a 30 gallon it will most likely perish in very short order.
Not trying to be a downer but just giving my .02

 

[Modernreefkeeper]

scopas will do fine in there, get a small one. They are excellent coral guardians for algae. mine knows which pieces i put in that are new, and immediately inspects them for algae.
just remove him when hes to big. IMHO the Tang police are way to cynical. Keeping ANY fish in a tank is "cruel, by their same measure", when they have the whole reef to play on.

Benefits of tangs being in a tank far outweigh surviving on the reef.. Unlimited supply of food, no predators, no bully fish, dont have to worry about getting eaten, disease free.. ect..

A small wrasse like a sixline is fiine, but do be warned, just after about a year in the tank they tend to get pretty arrogant if a newcomer is added.